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If you had to survive in the wilds of Alaska and could only take one gun with you what would it be?
Question by Dallas A. McWhorter. Uploaded on February 26, 2013
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Answers (23)
A Ruger Single-six .22LR with an 8" bbl and a butt load of ammo.
Remington 870 12 gauge. With interchangeable barrels (1 rifled slug) and interchangeable chokes. Nothing in North America you can’t get with that.
A Colt Woodsman .22LR pistol with a six-inch barrel.
12 gauge pump gun. I would take slugs, buckshot, and bird shot.
marlin 1895XLR in 45/70 govt. will drop the biggest of bears, deer, elk, moose and you can make shot shell for small game and birds. Fast reload, super smooth action, hard hitting, and super reliable.
I would take a Winchester model 70 300 win mag with a Nikon 4-12x50 Buckmaster.
Mike0714
I got one of those. That would have been my second choice.
S&W Governor .45acp, .45Colt and .410 shotshell.
The Ruger 10/22 with a good scope. But it also depends how long i will be there, like a few weeks then my .22 any longer time, like months. My model 70 300 win mag would be the top.
Remington 870 with 2 barrels, 1 rifled barrel and 1 with interchangeble chokes and plenty of slugs, #4 buckshot and #6 shot.
my 444 marlin, assuming I had to take one of my own guns, other wise I'd want a 12 gauge with slugs and bird shot.
10jolsen
My dad has a 444 marlin, and as for the question I would take my Mossberg 500 with 75 rounds each of slugs, buckshot and #4 shot.
Savage 2400 12 ga. over 308
A controlled round feed bolt action in 9.3x62 Mauser.
.22 magnum Henry lever-action with as much ammo as I could carry
Either a 12 ga with slugs, buckshot and birdshot or a .338 Win Mag.
mossberg 590 12 ga pump slugs for big things buck shot for smaller things.
If this is truely a survival scenario, I think it would be a light and very accurate .223. I could carry quite a bit of ammo and would have a good chance of getting game at any size, mostly small game and birds for eating. Obviously a larger rifle would be nice in a polar bear attack but I think I could defend myself with a .223 and some good Barnes 70g bullets if absolutely necessary. If I could trust my rifle to shoot house flies at 100 yards, I would have no trouble taking deer to moose sized game if absolutely necessary.
I would choose a .22lr over a 12ga with screw in chokes if something like that is still made. #6shot, rifled slugs, and bb or T's shells.
12 Ga. shotgun. Slug OObuck and 71/2. You can kill anything with it. My second choice would be a .22 magnum in pump action.
marlin 30-30 cal or a taurus judge .45/410
Hi...
Ah, yes...another open-ended question, eh?
I'm going to base my opinion on one's having to survive wilderness in Alaska's Anchorage area(s), south of Alaska's interior.
My firearm would be a 12-gauge pump. I could take large and small game with it for as long as my shells lasted.
I would have an assortment of ammo, enough to last me for a month at four shells per day.
Since the question is hypothetical, so is the answer.
Just an old lever action 30 30 or a 22 would do just fine for me
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marlin 1895XLR in 45/70 govt. will drop the biggest of bears, deer, elk, moose and you can make shot shell for small game and birds. Fast reload, super smooth action, hard hitting, and super reliable.
A Ruger Single-six .22LR with an 8" bbl and a butt load of ammo.
A Colt Woodsman .22LR pistol with a six-inch barrel.
12 gauge pump gun. I would take slugs, buckshot, and bird shot.
I would take a Winchester model 70 300 win mag with a Nikon 4-12x50 Buckmaster.
The Ruger 10/22 with a good scope. But it also depends how long i will be there, like a few weeks then my .22 any longer time, like months. My model 70 300 win mag would be the top.
Remington 870 with 2 barrels, 1 rifled barrel and 1 with interchangeble chokes and plenty of slugs, #4 buckshot and #6 shot.
my 444 marlin, assuming I had to take one of my own guns, other wise I'd want a 12 gauge with slugs and bird shot.
mossberg 590 12 ga pump slugs for big things buck shot for smaller things.
12 Ga. shotgun. Slug OObuck and 71/2. You can kill anything with it. My second choice would be a .22 magnum in pump action.
Remington 870 12 gauge. With interchangeable barrels (1 rifled slug) and interchangeable chokes. Nothing in North America you can’t get with that.
Mike0714
I got one of those. That would have been my second choice.
S&W Governor .45acp, .45Colt and .410 shotshell.
10jolsen
My dad has a 444 marlin, and as for the question I would take my Mossberg 500 with 75 rounds each of slugs, buckshot and #4 shot.
Savage 2400 12 ga. over 308
A controlled round feed bolt action in 9.3x62 Mauser.
.22 magnum Henry lever-action with as much ammo as I could carry
Either a 12 ga with slugs, buckshot and birdshot or a .338 Win Mag.
If this is truely a survival scenario, I think it would be a light and very accurate .223. I could carry quite a bit of ammo and would have a good chance of getting game at any size, mostly small game and birds for eating. Obviously a larger rifle would be nice in a polar bear attack but I think I could defend myself with a .223 and some good Barnes 70g bullets if absolutely necessary. If I could trust my rifle to shoot house flies at 100 yards, I would have no trouble taking deer to moose sized game if absolutely necessary.
I would choose a .22lr over a 12ga with screw in chokes if something like that is still made. #6shot, rifled slugs, and bb or T's shells.
marlin 30-30 cal or a taurus judge .45/410
Hi...
Ah, yes...another open-ended question, eh?
I'm going to base my opinion on one's having to survive wilderness in Alaska's Anchorage area(s), south of Alaska's interior.
My firearm would be a 12-gauge pump. I could take large and small game with it for as long as my shells lasted.
I would have an assortment of ammo, enough to last me for a month at four shells per day.
Since the question is hypothetical, so is the answer.
Just an old lever action 30 30 or a 22 would do just fine for me
Post an Answer